← How Millis ranks
Massachusetts rankings · Libraries Towns with the most-used public libraries in Massachusetts Ranked by library visits per resident in a year, at the public library that serves the town. 255 towns with 2,500+ residents.
Millis’s spot
#45 of 255 7.8 per resident library visits a year
The race around Millis
Just behind Lincoln, just ahead of Canton All 255 towns Visits per resident, highest first. Towns next door to Millis are tagged.
# Town Visits per resident Library Visits a year
1
Provincetown Barnstable County · 3,703 people 27.5 per resident Provincetown Public Library 102,342
2
West Tisbury Dukes County · 3,080 people 26.9 per resident West Tisbury Free Public Library 96,622
3
Chatham Barnstable County · 6,681 people 19.8 per resident Eldredge Public Library 131,587
4
Concord Middlesex County · 18,223 people 19.5 per resident Concord Free Public Library 349,529
5
Wellfleet Barnstable County · 4,404 people 18.6 per resident Wellfleet Public Library 67,741
6
Edgartown Dukes County · 5,278 people 15.5 per resident Edgartown Free Public Library 81,480
7
Orleans Barnstable County · 6,415 people 14.4 per resident Snow Library 92,282
8
Ashby Middlesex County · 3,211 people 13.5 per resident Ashby Free Public Library 42,823
9
Boxborough Middlesex County · 5,496 people 13.4 per resident Sargent Memorial Library 72,500
10
Carlisle Middlesex County · 5,239 people 13.3 per resident Gleason Public Library 68,526
11
Townsend Middlesex County · 9,100 people 12.9 per resident Townsend Public Library 115,000
12
Lenox Berkshire County · 5,079 people 12.4 per resident Lenox Library 62,746
13
Wellesley Norfolk County · 30,347 people 11.2 per resident Wellesley Free Library 341,452
14
Lexington Middlesex County · 34,295 people 11.1 per resident Cary Memorial Library 378,991
15
Bedford Middlesex County · 14,727 people 10.9 per resident Bedford Free Public Library 154,176
16
Weston Middlesex County · 11,579 people 10.9 per resident Weston Public Library 127,022
17
Eastham Barnstable County · 5,811 people 10.6 per resident Eastham Public Library 61,529
18
Oak Bluffs Dukes County · 5,407 people 10.6 per resident Oak Bluffs Public Library 56,875
19
Harvard Worcester County · 6,927 people 10.5 per resident Harvard Public Library 72,204
20
Cohasset Norfolk County · 8,427 people 10.2 per resident Paul Pratt Memorial Library 85,527
21
Dover Norfolk County · 5,930 people 10.2 per resident Dover Town Library 59,921
22
Rockport Essex County · 7,009 people 9.8 per resident Rockport Public Library 67,767
23
Sunderland Franklin County · 3,641 people 9.5 per resident Sunderland Public Library 34,641
24
Westford Middlesex County · 24,690 people 9.4 per resident J. V. Fletcher Library 229,800
25
Williamsburg Hampshire County · 2,694 people 9.4 per resident Meekins Public Library 23,297
26
Sherborn Middlesex County · 4,427 people · next door 9.3 per resident Sherborn Library 40,625
27
Tisbury Dukes County · 4,893 people 9.2 per resident Vineyard Haven Public Library 44,911
28
Great Barrington Berkshire County · 7,202 people 9.1 per resident Mason Library 65,595
29
Shrewsbury Worcester County · 38,876 people 9.0 per resident Shrewsbury Free Public Library 358,961
30
Needham Norfolk County · 32,459 people 8.9 per resident Needham Free Public Library 286,538
31
Brookline Norfolk County · 63,266 people 8.7 per resident Brookline Public Library 546,039
32
Lynnfield Essex County · 13,064 people 8.7 per resident Lynnfield Public Library 112,970
33
Westwood Norfolk County · 16,318 people 8.6 per resident Westwood Public Library 138,983
34
Mattapoisett Plymouth County · 6,634 people 8.6 per resident Mattapoisett Free Public Library 56,900
35
Sheffield Berkshire County · 3,330 people 8.5 per resident Bushnell-Sage Library 28,335
36
Northfield Franklin County · 2,872 people 8.4 per resident Dickinson Memorial Library 24,213
37
Norwell Plymouth County · 11,361 people 8.2 per resident Norwell Public Library 92,335
38
Topsfield Essex County · 6,564 people 8.2 per resident Topsfield Town Library 53,452
39
Manchester-by-the-Sea Essex County · 5,403 people 8.2 per resident Manchester-By-The-Sea Pub. Library 43,655
40
Cambridge 118,796 people 8.1 per resident Cambridge Public Library 963,891
41
Duxbury Plymouth County · 16,185 people 8.1 per resident Duxbury Free Library 130,161
42
Groton Middlesex County · 11,390 people 8.1 per resident Groton Public Library 90,515
43
Williamstown Berkshire County · 9,150 people 8.1 per resident David & Joyce Milne Public Library 62,448
44
Lincoln Middlesex County · 6,948 people 8.1 per resident Lincoln Public Library 55,726
45
Millis Norfolk County · 8,888 people 7.8 per resident Millis Public Library 68,806
46
Canton Norfolk County · 24,748 people 7.7 per resident Canton Public Library 190,000
47
Winchester Middlesex County · 23,406 people 7.6 per resident Winchester Public Library 172,996
48
South Hadley Hampshire County · 17,754 people 7.5 per resident South Hadley Public Library 135,338
49
Acton Middlesex County · 24,155 people 7.3 per resident Acton Memorial Library 174,545
50
Sudbury Middlesex County · 19,306 people 7.3 per resident Goodnow Library 138,889
51
West Boylston Worcester County · 7,782 people 7.3 per resident Beaman Memorial Public Library 56,901
52
Littleton Middlesex County · 10,280 people 7.2 per resident Reuben Hoar Library 73,455
53
West Newbury Essex County · 4,591 people 7.0 per resident G. A. R. Memorial Library 32,112
54
Reading Middlesex County · 25,612 people 6.9 per resident Reading Public Library 173,266
55
Newburyport 18,652 people 6.9 per resident Newburyport Public Library 129,513
56
West Brookfield Worcester County · 3,859 people 6.9 per resident Merriam-Gilbert Public Library 26,187
57
Marshfield Plymouth County · 25,879 people 6.7 per resident Ventress Memorial Library 172,144
58
Brewster Barnstable County · 10,420 people 6.6 per resident Brewster Ladies' Library 68,611
59
Scituate Plymouth County · 19,365 people 6.5 per resident Scituate Town Library 124,270
60
Medfield Norfolk County · 13,068 people · next door 6.5 per resident Medfield Memorial Library 84,552
61
Holden Worcester County · 20,064 people 6.4 per resident Gale Free Library 127,205
62
Holliston Middlesex County · 15,094 people · next door 6.3 per resident Holliston Public Library 93,632
63
Harwich Barnstable County · 13,598 people 6.3 per resident Brooks Free Library 84,155
64
Malden 65,906 people 6.2 per resident Malden Public Library 398,500
65
Wakefield Middlesex County · 27,793 people 6.2 per resident Lucius Beebe Memorial Library 167,767
66
Northborough Worcester County · 15,750 people 6.2 per resident Northborough Free Library 97,157
67
Boylston Worcester County · 4,948 people 6.2 per resident Boylston Public Library 30,750
68
Milton Norfolk County · 28,587 people 6.1 per resident Milton Public Library 173,696
69
Avon Norfolk County · 4,774 people 6.1 per resident Avon Public Library 28,759
70
Hadley Hampshire County · 5,306 people 6.0 per resident Hadley Public Library 31,617
71
Foxborough Norfolk County · 18,615 people 5.9 per resident Boyden Library 108,573
72
Somerset Bristol County · 18,298 people 5.9 per resident Somerset Public Library 106,649
73
Hingham Plymouth County · 24,283 people 5.8 per resident Hingham Public Library 138,934
74
Mashpee Barnstable County · 15,384 people 5.8 per resident Mashpee Public Library 89,650
75
Dalton Berkshire County · 6,256 people 5.8 per resident Dalton Free Public Library 36,000
76
Rowley Essex County · 6,251 people 5.8 per resident Rowley Public Library 36,716
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Falmouth Barnstable County · 33,039 people 5.6 per resident Falmouth Public Library 182,488
78
Longmeadow Hampden County · 15,696 people 5.6 per resident Richard Salter Storrs Library 88,014
79
Wayland Middlesex County · 13,914 people 5.6 per resident Wayland Free Public Library 76,482
80
Lunenburg Worcester County · 11,902 people 5.6 per resident Lunenburg Public Library 65,793
81
Maynard Middlesex County · 10,712 people 5.6 per resident Maynard Public Library 58,781
82
West Bridgewater Plymouth County · 7,708 people 5.6 per resident West Bridgewater Public Library 42,500
83
Deerfield Franklin County · 5,158 people 5.6 per resident Tilton Library 28,671
84
Andover Essex County · 36,652 people 5.5 per resident Memorial Hall Library 199,063
85
Brockton 105,386 people 5.4 per resident Brockton Public Library 566,457
86
Rutland Worcester County · 9,353 people 5.4 per resident Rutland Free Public Library 50,304
87
Ipswich Essex County · 13,930 people 5.3 per resident Ipswich Public Library 73,429
88
Westborough Worcester County · 21,944 people 5.2 per resident Westborough Public Library 112,090
89
Charlton Worcester County · 13,435 people 5.2 per resident Charlton Public Library 68,832
90
Newton 89,044 people 5.1 per resident Newton Free Library 446,601
91
Mansfield Bristol County · 23,931 people 5.1 per resident Mansfield Public Library 121,316
92
Pepperell Middlesex County · 11,663 people 5.1 per resident Lawrence Library 58,855
93
Newbury Essex County · 6,777 people 5.1 per resident Newbury Town Library 34,350
94
Somerville 81,036 people 5.0 per resident Somerville Public Library 402,113
95
Natick Middlesex County · 36,873 people 5.0 per resident Morse Institute Library 150,000
96
Princeton Worcester County · 3,529 people 5.0 per resident Princeton Public Library 17,695
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Marblehead Essex County · 20,413 people 4.9 per resident Abbot Public Library 98,370
98
Belchertown Hampshire County · 15,393 people 4.9 per resident Clapp Memorial Library 74,723
99
Middleton Essex County · 9,816 people 4.9 per resident Flint Public Library 48,293
100
Pembroke Plymouth County · 18,382 people 4.8 per resident Pembroke Public Library 87,321
101
Walpole Norfolk County · 26,388 people 4.7 per resident Walpole Public Library 123,134
102
Medway Norfolk County · 13,436 people · next door 4.7 per resident Medway Public Library 63,588
103
Southborough Worcester County · 10,493 people 4.7 per resident Southborough Public Library 48,404
104
Sturbridge Worcester County · 9,960 people 4.7 per resident Joshua Hyde Public Library 46,859
105
Granby Hampshire County · 6,080 people 4.7 per resident Granby Free Public Library 28,500
106
Chelmsford Middlesex County · 36,446 people 4.6 per resident Chelmsford Public Library 166,064
107
Belmont Middlesex County · 27,175 people 4.6 per resident Belmont Public Library 123,200
108
Nantucket Nantucket County · 14,483 people 4.6 per resident Nantucket Atheneum 67,000
109
Blackstone Worcester County · 9,255 people 4.6 per resident Blackstone Free Public Library 42,502
110
Merrimac Essex County · 6,748 people 4.6 per resident Merrimac Public Library 31,000
111
Bolton Worcester County · 5,737 people 4.6 per resident Bolton Public Library 26,604
112
Yarmouth Barnstable County · 25,224 people 4.5 per resident Yarmouth Town Libraries 113,203
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Sterling Worcester County · 8,183 people 4.5 per resident Conant Free Public Library 36,942
114
Mendon Worcester County · 6,325 people 4.5 per resident Taft Public Library 28,424
115
Beverly 42,665 people 4.4 per resident Beverly Public Library 184,385
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Wilmington Middlesex County · 23,336 people 4.4 per resident Wilmington Memorial Library 100,146
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Salisbury Essex County · 9,281 people 4.4 per resident Salisbury Public Library 40,609
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Barre Worcester County · 5,572 people 4.4 per resident Woods Memorial Library 24,171
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Norwood Norfolk County · 31,542 people 4.3 per resident Morrill Memorial Library 133,362
120
Upton Worcester County · 8,189 people 4.3 per resident Upton Town Library 35,160
121
Woburn 41,939 people 4.2 per resident Woburn Public Library 171,242
122
Seekonk Bristol County · 15,694 people 4.2 per resident Seekonk Public Library 66,413
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Dartmouth Bristol County · 33,328 people 4.1 per resident Dartmouth Public Libraries 136,926
124
Wilbraham Hampden County · 14,572 people 4.1 per resident Wilbraham Public Library 59,895
125
Kingston Plymouth County · 14,027 people 4.1 per resident Kingston Public Library 56,393
126
Millbury Worcester County · 13,961 people 4.1 per resident Millbury Public Library 57,553
127
Oxford Worcester County · 13,385 people 4.1 per resident Oxford Free Public Library 54,408
128
Boxford Essex County · 8,208 people 4.1 per resident Boxford Town Library 33,575
129
Groveland Essex County · 6,777 people 4.1 per resident Langley Adams Library 27,892
130
Chelsea 39,908 people 4.0 per resident Chelsea Public Library 155,085
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Bellingham Norfolk County · 17,410 people 4.0 per resident Bellingham Public Library 69,870
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Ashburnham Worcester County · 6,415 people 4.0 per resident Stevens Memorial Library 25,192
133
Marion Plymouth County · 5,310 people 4.0 per resident Elizabeth Taber Library 21,138
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Nahant Essex County · 3,325 people 4.0 per resident Nahant Public Library 13,266
135
Waltham 64,902 people 3.9 per resident Waltham Public Library 248,739
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Gardner 21,148 people 3.9 per resident Levi Heywood Memorial Library 82,227
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Ashland Middlesex County · 18,873 people 3.9 per resident Ashland Public Library 72,379
138
Plainville Norfolk County · 9,943 people 3.9 per resident Plainville Public Library 38,863
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Southwick Hampden County · 9,217 people 3.9 per resident Southwick Public Library 35,814
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Quincy 102,114 people 3.8 per resident Thomas Crane Public Library 387,339
141
Framingham 72,399 people 3.8 per resident Framingham Public Library 270,939
142
Lancaster Worcester County · 8,606 people 3.8 per resident Thayer Memorial Library 31,500
143
Dedham Norfolk County · 25,237 people 3.7 per resident Dedham Public Library 91,683
144
Hudson Middlesex County · 20,077 people 3.7 per resident Hudson Public Library 73,585
145
Whitman Plymouth County · 15,295 people 3.7 per resident Whitman Public Library 55,737
146
Halifax Plymouth County · 7,748 people 3.7 per resident Holmes Public Library 28,249
147
Shirley Middlesex County · 6,976 people 3.7 per resident Hazen Memorial Library 25,153
148
Leominster 43,909 people 3.6 per resident Leominster Public Library 155,441
149
Grafton Worcester County · 19,902 people 3.6 per resident Grafton Public Library 72,090
150
Abington Plymouth County · 17,053 people 3.6 per resident Abington Public Library 61,669
151
Swampscott Essex County · 15,277 people 3.6 per resident Swampscott Public Library 54,600
152
Lakeville Plymouth County · 11,944 people 3.6 per resident Lakeville Free Public Library 43,134
153
Georgetown Essex County · 8,474 people 3.6 per resident Georgetown Peabody Library 30,425
154
Milford Worcester County · 30,431 people 3.5 per resident Milford Town Library 106,685
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Auburn Worcester County · 16,970 people 3.5 per resident Auburn Free Public Library 59,436
156
Westport Bristol County · 16,484 people 3.5 per resident Westport Free Public Library 57,770
157
North Reading Middlesex County · 15,765 people 3.5 per resident Flint Memorial Library 54,037
158
Medford 59,354 people 3.4 per resident Charlotte and William Bloomberg Medford Public Library 224,584
159
Easton Bristol County · 25,316 people 3.4 per resident Ames Free Library of Easton, Inc. 85,967
160
Hopkinton Middlesex County · 19,358 people 3.4 per resident Hopkinton Public Library 65,165
161
Tyngsborough Middlesex County · 12,550 people 3.4 per resident Tyngsborough Public Library 41,914
162
Dudley Worcester County · 11,929 people 3.4 per resident Pearle L. Crawford Memorial Library 40,257
163
Westminster Worcester County · 8,374 people 3.4 per resident Forbush Memorial Library 28,150
164
Stow Middlesex County · 7,165 people 3.4 per resident Randall Library 24,017
165
Pittsfield 43,457 people 3.3 per resident Berkshire Athenaeum 144,093
166
Stoughton Norfolk County · 29,225 people 3.3 per resident Stoughton Public Library 95,475
167
Norton Bristol County · 19,240 people 3.3 per resident Norton Public Library 62,868
168
Ayer Middlesex County · 8,645 people 3.3 per resident Ayer Library 28,017
169
Hatfield Hampshire County · 3,325 people 3.3 per resident Hatfield Public Library 11,020
170
Tewksbury Middlesex County · 31,273 people 3.2 per resident Tewksbury Public Library 99,260
171
Webster Worcester County · 17,748 people 3.2 per resident Gladys E. Kelly Public Library 56,553
172
Hanover Plymouth County · 14,845 people 3.2 per resident John Curtis Free Library 46,786
173
Montague Franklin County · 8,482 people 3.2 per resident Montague Public Libraries 27,314
174
Plymouth Plymouth County · 63,953 people 3.1 per resident Plymouth Public Library 198,310
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North Adams 12,606 people 3.1 per resident North Adams Public Library 40,247
176
Adams Berkshire County · 8,074 people 3.1 per resident Adams Free Library 24,894
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Hanson Plymouth County · 10,660 people 3.0 per resident Hanson Public Library 32,160
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Holland Hampden County · 2,583 people 3.0 per resident Holland Public Library 7,617
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Melrose 29,650 people 2.9 per resident Melrose Public Library 84,318
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Middleborough Plymouth County · 24,505 people 2.9 per resident Middleborough Public Library 71,893
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East Bridgewater Plymouth County · 14,456 people 2.9 per resident East Bridgewater Public Library 42,241
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Rehoboth Bristol County · 13,022 people 2.9 per resident Blanding Free Public Library 37,988
183
Dracut Middlesex County · 32,574 people 2.8 per resident Moses Greeley Parker Memorial Lib. 88,407
184
Saugus Essex County · 28,773 people 2.8 per resident Saugus Public Library 79,793
185
Holbrook Norfolk County · 11,380 people 2.8 per resident Holbrook Public Library 31,751
186
Leicester Worcester County · 11,113 people 2.8 per resident Leicester Public Library 30,798
187
Marlborough 41,647 people 2.7 per resident Marlborough Public Library 111,981
188
North Andover Essex County · 31,490 people 2.7 per resident Stevens Memorial Library 84,187
189
Burlington Middlesex County · 26,274 people 2.7 per resident Burlington Public Library 69,164
190
Lee Berkshire County · 5,719 people 2.7 per resident Lee Library Association 15,641
191
Paxton Worcester County · 5,002 people 2.7 per resident Richards Memorial Library 13,689
192
Haverhill 67,698 people 2.6 per resident Haverhill Public Library 176,995
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Billerica Middlesex County · 42,003 people 2.6 per resident Billerica Public Library 108,269
194
Raynham Bristol County · 15,505 people 2.6 per resident Raynham Public Library 40,007
195
Brookfield Worcester County · 3,460 people 2.6 per resident Merrick Public Library 9,003
196
Westfield 40,378 people 2.5 per resident Westfield Athenaeum 100,062
197
Stoneham Middlesex County · 23,355 people 2.5 per resident Stoneham Public Library 56,578
198
Rockland Plymouth County · 17,701 people 2.5 per resident Rockland Memorial Library 43,764
199
Fairhaven Bristol County · 15,903 people 2.5 per resident Millicent Library 39,930
200
Southampton Hampshire County · 6,230 people 2.5 per resident Edwards Public Library 15,283
201
Springfield 154,749 people 2.4 per resident Springfield City Library 367,342
202
Chicopee 55,295 people 2.4 per resident Chicopee Public Library 129,538
203
Salem 44,795 people 2.4 per resident Salem Public Library 108,463
204
Uxbridge Worcester County · 14,473 people 2.4 per resident Uxbridge Free Public Library 34,022
205
Winchendon Worcester County · 10,440 people 2.4 per resident Beals Memorial Library 24,454
206
Hopedale Worcester County · 6,027 people 2.4 per resident Bancroft Memorial Library 14,448
207
Clinton Worcester County · 15,563 people 2.3 per resident Bigelow Free Public Library 35,371
208
Athol Worcester County · 12,011 people 2.3 per resident Athol Public Library 27,775
209
Worcester 207,055 people 2.2 per resident Worcester Public Library 441,799
210
Gloucester 30,075 people 2.2 per resident Gloucester Lyceum & Sawyer Free Lib 66,776
211
Wareham Plymouth County · 23,302 people 2.2 per resident Wareham Free Library 50,392
212
Acushnet Bristol County · 10,624 people 2.2 per resident Acushnet Public Library 23,094
213
Sutton Worcester County · 9,452 people 2.2 per resident Sutton Free Public Library 20,401
214
Boston 666,442 people 2.1 per resident Boston Public Library 1,368,865
215
Attleboro 46,762 people 2.1 per resident Attleboro Public Library 98,203
216
Swansea Bristol County · 17,359 people 2.0 per resident Swansea Free Public Library 35,194
217
Fitchburg 41,798 people 1.9 per resident Fitchburg Public Library 80,000
218
Ludlow Hampden County · 20,904 people 1.9 per resident Hubbard Memorial Library 39,614
219
Douglas Worcester County · 9,207 people 1.9 per resident Simon Fairfield Public Library 17,434
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North Brookfield Worcester County · 4,760 people 1.8 per resident Haston Free Public Library 8,451
221
New Bedford 100,998 people 1.7 per resident New Bedford Free Public Library 167,120
222
Hull Plymouth County · 10,138 people 1.7 per resident Hull Public Library 17,485
223
Orange Franklin County · 7,573 people 1.7 per resident Wheeler Memorial Library 13,185
224
Monson Hampden County · 8,136 people 1.6 per resident Monson Free Library & Reading Room 12,588
225
Holyoke 37,813 people 1.5 per resident Holyoke Public Library 57,859
226
Northbridge Worcester County · 16,458 people 1.5 per resident Whitinsville Social Library 24,880
227
Rochester Plymouth County · 5,837 people 1.5 per resident Joseph H. Plumb Memorial Library 8,600
228
Dighton Bristol County · 8,193 people 1.4 per resident Dighton Public Library 11,528
229
Hampden Hampden County · 4,946 people 1.4 per resident Hampden Free Public Library 6,821
230
Ware Hampshire County · 10,048 people 1.3 per resident Young Men's Library Association 13,845
231
Hubbardston Worcester County · 4,371 people 1.3 per resident Hubbardston Public Library 5,731
232
Lynn 101,709 people 1.2 per resident Lynn Public Library 123,253
233
Fall River 94,082 people 1.2 per resident Fall River Public Library 114,638
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Berkley Bristol County · 6,829 people 1.2 per resident Berkley Public Library 8,189
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Brimfield Hampden County · 3,705 people 1.2 per resident Brimfield Public Library 4,364
236
Carver Plymouth County · 11,712 people 1.1 per resident Carver Public Library 12,500
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Dunstable Middlesex County · 3,408 people 1.1 per resident Dunstable Free Public Library 3,585
238
Plympton Plymouth County · 2,935 people 1.0 per resident Plympton Public Library 3,000
239
Lowell 118,368 people 0.9 per resident Samuel S. Pollard Memorial Library 106,036
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Taunton 60,433 people 0.9 per resident Taunton Public Library 55,596
241
Spencer Worcester County · 12,008 people 0.9 per resident Richard Sugden Public Library 11,200
242
Berlin Worcester County · 3,378 people 0.9 per resident Berlin Public Library 3,696
243
Lanesborough Berkshire County · 3,028 people 0.9 per resident Lanesborough Public Library 2,759
244
Lawrence 88,736 people 0.8 per resident Lawrence Public Library 69,291
245
Everett 50,045 people 0.8 per resident Everett Public Libraries 37,999
246
Freetown Bristol County · 9,285 people 0.8 per resident James White Memorial Lib. 7,053
247
Cheshire Berkshire County · 3,216 people 0.8 per resident Cheshire Public Library 2,521
248
Sandwich Barnstable County · 20,522 people 0.7 per resident Sandwich Free Public Library 15,000
249
Bourne Barnstable County · 20,323 people 0.7 per resident Jonathan Bourne Public Library 14,021
250
Sharon Norfolk County · 18,574 people 0.7 per resident Sharon Public Library 12,600
251
Essex Essex County · 3,701 people 0.7 per resident T.O.H.P. Burnham Free Library 2,699
252
Revere 60,012 people 0.5 per resident Revere Public Library 32,000
253
Millville Worcester County · 3,160 people 0.5 per resident Millville Free Public Library 1,550
254
Wrentham Norfolk County · 12,297 people 0.3 per resident Fiske Public Library 3,250
255
Templeton Worcester County · 8,252 people 0.2 per resident Boynton Public Library 1,945
We rank every town by library visits per resident in a year, at the public library that serves the town. The highest figure ranks #1. Each library reports its own yearly numbers to the Institute of Museum and Library Services (fiscal year 2024), and each town’s Library page shows how it compares with libraries of a similar size nationwide.
A town is ranked only when its library system serves that town alone, and the library’s own count of the people it serves is within 20% of the town’s population. Towns served by a county or regional system, or sharing a library with a neighbor, can’t be credited with the numbers, so they aren’t ranked. Libraries that didn’t respond to the survey aren’t ranked either. Vacation towns can rank high because summer residents and visitors use the library too.
Only towns with at least 2,500 residents are ranked; Census estimates for smaller places are too uncertain. Population and income: U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Libraries: IMLS Public Libraries Survey . Town photos: Wikimedia Commons, credited on each town’s page.
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